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Public Engagement Grants
Ingenious
engaging citizens; engaging engineers
Overview
Engineering has a profound
impact on the health, wealth and wellbeing of the
nation. Yet, all too often, the voice
of engineers is too quiet in policy discussions,
public debates and other public engagement
activities.
Ingenious provides
support for engineers to take part in debate
with the public and other stakeholders on
engineering and its impact on society. Two streams
of funding are available:
NEW - Public Engagement Fellowships
The Public
Engagement Fellowship scheme is open to
excellent early/mid-stage career engineers (from
academia or industry) to:
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explore the implications
of engineering for society
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build dialogue with the
public, policy makers and other stakeholders
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gain knowledge and skills
in engaging with the public and the public
policy process.
The awards can cover salary,
training course or conference fees and associated
travel and subsistence expenses and costs for public
engagement activities.
Public Engagement Fellowship
engineers will be supported by a mentoring scheme.
To apply, please read the
Fellowship
Application Guidelines (160KB) before completing the
Fellowship
Application Form (483KB) .
Closing date:
5th December 2008.
Public Engagement Activities and Development
Awards
These Awards offer funding
for projects that enhance the
public engagement skills of engineers and provide
opportunities to engage in debate with
the public (both young people and adults) on
engineering and its impact on society:
Activity
projects provide opportunities for
engineers to gain experiential learning in public
engagement by taking part in their development and
delivery.
Development projects design and deliver
bespoke public engagement training courses, seminars
and workshops for engineers.
Joint applications from both
engineers and organisations that specialise in
dialogue, debate, communication and engagement with
the public, are welcomed.
To apply please complete the
Activities
and Development Application Form (2118KB), which includes
the guidelines. Closing date: 5th December 2008.
The
Ingenious online toolkit provides further
information on evaluating Activities and Development
projects.
Additional Information
The Ingenious Bookshelf is an
electronic resource that provides potential
applicants with a rich source of information for
developing their proposals.
To discuss your project
proposal in more depth, a limited number of
individual funding surgeries are offered to
potential applicants in November 2008 at the Royal
Academy of Engineering. To book please email Cuong Dang with your suggested date and time.
Contact Details
Dr Lesley Paterson
Head of Public Engagement
Lesley Paterson
020 7766 0684
Ingenious is supported by the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills DIUS.
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